#72B249#72B249

#72B249 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.153 H 134.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B249
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(97, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(97, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -39.05, 46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 60.61, 130.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.1083 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.153 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0619, 35.8982, 11.9633)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B249 #8949B2

analogous

#A7B249 #72B249 #49B254

triadic

#72B249 #4972B2 #B24972

tetradic

#72B249 #49A7B2 #8949B2 #B25449

square

#72B249 #49A7B2 #8949B2 #B25449

split-complementary

#72B249 #5449B2 #B249A7

monochromatic

#3A5B25 #568737 #72B249 #93C573 #B4D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#72B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#72B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B249

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B249	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71AC9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.153 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec97f',
    500: '#72b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b249;
$custom-light: #9ec97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.571,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69744,
    "c": 0.15333,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B249

secondary

#B193C4

accent

#56D2A1

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F3F8EE

border

#CDD1C9

text

#0F130A

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B249

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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